Projectile for ordnance.



E. SGHNElDER.

PROJEGTILE FOB. ORDNANGE. APPLICATION PILLD JUNI: zz, 1910.

Patented B80211910..

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YROJECTILE FOR ORDNANCE.

Specification o f Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 27, 191.0.y

4Application filed J'nne 2.2, 1910. Serial No. 568,325A

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that I, Enel-)Nn Sonnnnncn, citizen of the Republic of Plainte, resitling)r at Le Creuzot, Saone-et-Loir, Franee, have il'ivented non' and 'uset'nl linproven'ieiits in and Relating to Projeetiles for (7)1tliuxnee, oli which the following is a spei ilieation.

This invention relates tol projertiles and particularly to those adapted -t'or tiring` against. balloons and the likej the chiot object being to provide an iinjnforeil projectile such that. the object aimed at may be reliably ignited thereby. y

According to the presentinvention the j nojeetile is provided upon its` c vliiulrieal surface with a band containing,` a fuse eolnposition which connnndientes with the atA inosphere by .means ot a number el holes or ports7 the Said projectile' beingl provided with a percussion or time ignition device for igniting the said fuse composition whereby the llamo from the composition issues from the said holes or ports during the llight of the projectile. The said band of fuse rings may be retained upon the body o'f the projectile between a shoulder on the base portion and a. corresponding shoulder on the ogiral head, and one or more ot thesaid fuse rings'may eonin'ninieate with aninternal charge which serves either to burstthe projectile or to produce a ilanie issnil'ii;Y 'from the base of the projectile.

ln order that iny invention may he clearly understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the saine rnore fully with reference to the accompanying dran-ing, in which Figure l is aseetional elevation of one eonstruetional forni of the invention'. Figs. 2 and illustrate in longitudinal seetion and in elevation respectively a. inodiliedeoir struction ot the invention@ Figs. el, and G lillustra-te in developed longitndnal seot-ion three different. arrangeinents .for the propagation oir the 'llame between the superposed .rings of the band surrournlingr thev projectile. Figs. 7, 8 and t) illustrate in, cross section, three different fornita of inse ring, and l0, 11 and 1'2 illustrate in sectional elevation three further modifications ol the invention.

,Around the body S of the projectile there is arranged the aftmesaid band for the reception of a fuse eonipositimi (l of oompressed powder; in order to facilita-te the Construction of the j'n'ojeetil.. the said band is preferably formed of superposed rings ElV separated by supporting ashers 7 and eonl"v neeted one with the other by means of a lrnigitudinal pin 11. This band oit Tingsgg may be lixed upon the body 8 by any aj'ipro-- priate means, the most ,simple method being shown in Fig. `l in which the said rings are clamped between a shoulder (L formed bya projection of the base Z1 upon the 'longiee tudinal wall of the body S, and a. shoulder@ torlned by a eorrespozfnlingprojection of the ,)gival head il. A suitable number of ports 5 place the interior of the band in coinninnication with the atmosphere. '.the corn# 7o position (l may be tired by various means; `for example one or more holes, l may bril .termed in the. ogival head ot' the projectile" and terminate atV a pereussicni ineelianisi'ii if, as shown by way oit example in Fig. or at a time iiuse as shown in and'S` ln the example illustrated in .Fig l, igniti'o is obtained when the projectile is tired by the shock between the priming and' the striker, the Haine being transmitted through 80 the passages to the. aforesaid band 'ot' fuse" rings. .ln the example illustrated in. Fi:J 2 and 3, ignition is obtained at the 'ein-l: of a given time by the regulation oli the tiine fuse 13 located between the ofriral head1 and the point l2 of the jnojeetile.

Fig. Ll shows as a -develojjied .\-'e xtior iA band of superposed 'fuse rings arranged for igniting altogether, and Fig: shlowsf sujiierposed rings arranged tor ignition; o le "96 by one in snor ion. in il.b n the superl posed rings are arranged for ignition' succession in pairs. Similarly they nii-gl he arranged for .ignitingr in threes'oranj` other nn'niber,' tor which purpose it 1s oniyS nee ssary to distribute in anA apjiropr'ia inai-nu-:r the passages 'through which'the rings oon'n'nnnieate one with the other.' "Th" lians'niission of the flash oi.' ignition to superposer] rings in j it. be effected throng' a, singleifoiuluit -l- :iI .shown in seetio'x Fifi'. i or" sinultaneoi'isly by two con( i arranged .sylnlnetrirally asshown in Fi,

The rings' may be entirely filled Witlrfli i composition as shown in liig. 9 and a. vari? 05 able 'number of holes should be formed in thein and end either at. the permission sys teni or at the fuse system before referred' to. The rings may be arranged prior toy tiring and their position may be regulated 110 at the moment of iring` in sneh a manneras to torni one or more eolninns of flames I. and to regulate the duration of the total pro'ectile to explode.

f ate etween 15 and 1.5 may be formed in the issuin from the ports and aftectingeither the w ole of the superposed fuse rings or portion Ithereof. The said rings may also be arranged in such a manner asl to obtain two, four or more columns of flames diametrically' opposite or otherwise and affecting either the 'whole or a portion of the fuserlngs. Finally the position of the rings should be such as to cause the number of vflames to var in order to distribute them at'will over t e' periphery of the projectile ,combustion of the rings for the shortest or the longest trajectory of the projectile. l

As shown inv Figf 1 the projectile may be provided with a base percussion fuse 10 of any convenient type operating when the `projectile encounters an obstacle. This fuse causes the charge of powder 9 contained inthe interior of the shell 8 to detonate and 'burst the projectile. The band of fuse rings may also be utilized for igniting the inner charge of the projectile, and in this case the base fuse will preferably be dispensed with, In the example illustrated' in Fig. 10 the Y ro'jectile contains a charge of powder 9 4which through the passage 15 communicates with the upper ring. in cases in which the rings are arranged 'as shown iii-Fig. 4L or through -a passage 15 with the lower ring inthe case illustrated in Fig` 5. @onsequently at the commencement or at the end `of -the combustion of the rings the llame communicatedv to the charge 9 lcauses the y Passa-ges intermedi- 'body 8 Vof the projectile and in the ringsin such a manner that by appropriately regu- -latingthe position ofY the latter the trans mission of the flame tothe charge 9 is produced at'a Variable momentv of the co1nbustion of the fuse composition G.

'i-Fig. 11 represents a projectile containfing a char e of powder 16 in communica'- :tion throng the' conduit 15 with one of the i'fuserings 6 and a number'of balls 9 of.

inflammable material. The detonation of the' charge 16 causes at a given moment at therear of the projectile the discharge of.

thevball's 9 in the form of a rain,a cover 17 yielding fairly readily under the influence rof theinternal pressure.

-The projectile illustrated in 12 contajins' in' the linterior a charge of compressed L powder' 9 communicating with one ofthe jings. through a conduit 15. At 'a given -inomentof the flight of the projectile' a flame is communicated to the priming powder 16 which blows out the cover 17 and kindles the compressed charge which flashes rearwardly with great intensity.

What I claim and desire to-secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesris 1. A projectile for firing against balloons and the like comprising in combination, a shell body having an exterior shoulder on its base portion and an ogival head provided with an' opposing shoulder, a plurality of fuse rings containing a lamegenerating composition and mounted on said body and held betv'veen said shoulders, said rings being provided with flame passages open to the atmosphere, and with other passages for effecting communication between said rings, and ignition means for igniting said flame-l generating composition.

2. A projectile forring against balloons and the like comprising in combination, a shell body having an exterior shoulder on yits base portion and 'an ogival head provided with an opposing shoulder, aplurality of fuse rings containing a flame-generating composition and mounted on said body and held between said shoulders, said rings being provided with llame-passages open. to the atmosphere, and with other passa rings,

said projectile and one of said fuse rings.

3. A projectile for firing against balloons and the like comprising in combination, a shell body having'an-exterior should-er on its base portion and an ogival head .provided with an opposing shoulder, a plurality of fuse rings containing a iiame-'generatin` composition and mounted on said body an held between said shoulders, said rings being provided with, name-passages open to the atmosphere, and with other vpassages for effecting communication between said rings, a conduit communicating the charge of said projectile and one of said fuse rings, and a closure in the end of the projectile adapted to be displaced when the initial 'charge is ignited to allow llameA to issue from the rear ofthe projectile in its flight.

In testimony whereof I have signed my @es for effecting communication between sai-d and a conduit communicatingthe charge -o-fA name to this specification in the .presence of two subscribing witnesses.v

-E'UGENE SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

DEAN B. MASON,

R. DE SEVELINGER. 

